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and yet we have the u.s. targeting an american -- an american citizen and killing an american citizen and we see that the use of drones widely approve by the american people and there hasn't been much until recently out of congress. why do you -- how do you account in the difference in the reaction? are they entirely separate? is that a curious thing? >> how about politics? >> i'll go for that. and in what way? >> i think by a certain point, virtually nothing president bush did was going to win approval by anybody. and -- and anything he did was condemned from the surge to various other things, and i just think that that certainly plays a part in it. and particularly a lot of our political leaders have no problem talking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to issues like these. >> what's your biggest concern post 2014 about afghanistan's future? >> i think it's very important that we maintain some kind of serious residual presence in afghanistan for training of the afghan forces and for counterter
and yet we have the u.s. targeting an american -- an american citizen and killing an american citizen and we see that the use of drones widely approve by the american people and there hasn't been much until recently out of congress. why do you -- how do you account in the difference in the reaction? are they entirely separate? is that a curious thing? >> how about politics? >> i'll go for that. and in what way? >> i think by a certain point, virtually nothing president bush...
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supreme court established seven years ago that the u.s. government can kill a u.s. citizen who has joined an opposing force, in that case was the nazi military. in this case it is al-qaeda. the problem that has come up against, they waited so long to make both the military and legal case for doing something clearly legitimate and limited that they are now feeling that backlash from mostly from their own flank. >> one more quick point. these terrorists primary weapon is the blowing up of civilian populations using suicide bombers. whether in new york, london, madrid or, indeed, in pakistan or libya. wherever they fight, what they do is blow up innocent people going about their daily business. that is the enemy. >> what about the charge that the administration is too quick to default to drone distant killing as opposed to trying to capture and then interrogate terrorists where you get the best intelligence to be able to prevent future attacks? >> that is really a good question. there is a powerful suspicion that the drone serves the administration's effort to cleanse
supreme court established seven years ago that the u.s. government can kill a u.s. citizen who has joined an opposing force, in that case was the nazi military. in this case it is al-qaeda. the problem that has come up against, they waited so long to make both the military and legal case for doing something clearly legitimate and limited that they are now feeling that backlash from mostly from their own flank. >> one more quick point. these terrorists primary weapon is the blowing up of...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to. and it's remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason the targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance bot
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to. and it's remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs...
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u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people i
u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots...
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u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and kill from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use and this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in m
u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and kill from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of...
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some other world headlines in brief for you now in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen the investigation into the dismissal of a police officer who is now on the run the suspected of murder officials will look into the fugitive allegations of racism and corruption among his colleagues is a dollar was fired in two thousand and one. is now wanted for allegedly killing three people after posting a manifesto on no i say he has forty targets on his hit list. suspected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack in thailand car bomb was detonated as a truck carrying the troops drove by attackers and opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the restive south where attacks have claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that talks to the u.s. on the country's nuclear nations are still possible and stressed washington would have to stop pointing a gun that tehran comes after a statement from iran's
some other world headlines in brief for you now in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen the investigation into the dismissal of a police officer who is now on the run the suspected of murder officials will look into the fugitive allegations of racism and corruption among his colleagues is a dollar was fired in two thousand and one. is now wanted for allegedly killing three people after posting a manifesto on no i say he has forty targets on his hit list. suspected...
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the can actually call for victims and the right even when the u.s. listed that's it on its black lives the amount of defending it because they know they can accomplish the coalition will only be able to do what its founder and i mean financing. the entity we ask them to do and if they don't do that they will lose the financing and they lose the support so they have to do this in the same plan they don't know how to hold and they cannot because they are not united and they don't have the same view was there it's a big mess and yet the west would like to see this big mess fall in the currency. now your financial state sex life and personal relationships all information that is apparently relevant to u.s. national security according to the cia thousands of people in america now have to once a very intimate questions or taking obligatory polygraph tests what is reported to the story. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opi
the can actually call for victims and the right even when the u.s. listed that's it on its black lives the amount of defending it because they know they can accomplish the coalition will only be able to do what its founder and i mean financing. the entity we ask them to do and if they don't do that they will lose the financing and they lose the support so they have to do this in the same plan they don't know how to hold and they cannot because they are not united and they don't have the same...
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they planned multibillion dollar u.s. defense shield in new europe might not actually be able to fulfill its announced a goal to protect america from a possible iranian nuclear excuse me missile strikes the flaws were highlighted in classified studies made by the defense department prepared for a congressional briefing russia has long been critical of the missile shield close to its borders which the u.s. insists is aimed strictly at preventing attacks from iran and north korea alice slater new york director of the nuclear age peace foundation says that the machine has little to do with defense and is merely driven by the us is policy of world domination we now this is being driven by cooperate commercial interests there but when president i think. the military industrial complex and the tasks that they've been doing over the years that started back with reagan with his recall that stalin was at the time they don't they don't work they have fixed they rig the target so everybody knows it's not working and yet that machine
they planned multibillion dollar u.s. defense shield in new europe might not actually be able to fulfill its announced a goal to protect america from a possible iranian nuclear excuse me missile strikes the flaws were highlighted in classified studies made by the defense department prepared for a congressional briefing russia has long been critical of the missile shield close to its borders which the u.s. insists is aimed strictly at preventing attacks from iran and north korea alice slater new...
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justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote can. a war fare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war c
justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote...
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i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the limbo law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel peace prize or only because i expected things to change so dramatically at the beginning of his first term so no i never believed i would be going to prison under a president obama never. that's been i think my biggest disappointment but you haven't seen a dramatic change i haven't seen any change no torture he stopped torture sure but in terms of counterterrorism policy i think the obama administration is largely an extension of the bush administration and stick it out with thank you for the interview i wish all the best thanks very much for having me. my juggling geog. do hack work and get cau
i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the limbo law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel...
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in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen an investigation into the dismissal of a police officer who is now on the run is suspected of murder officials will look at the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for allegedly killing three people after posting a manifesto online. he was defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by a senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the u.n. told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but only turkey an exclusive interview is coming your way in the next hour but here's a quick preview. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know
in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen an investigation into the dismissal of a police officer who is now on the run is suspected of murder officials will look at the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for allegedly killing three people after posting a manifesto online. he was defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs...
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the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told the you to the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the preview lou not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know about various terrorist groups were coming in the radical islamists so we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country but definitely with a lot of an
the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told the you to the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the preview lou not as...
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that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria vitaly churkin exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview but they are not as they chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists the we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening in the. well what once a l
that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria vitaly churkin exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview but they are not as they chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists the we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would...
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a u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told me you through the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the previous. night as those chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that there is terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of a
a u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told me you through the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the previous. night as...
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in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to dismiss a little this officer is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack and that they say a car bomb was detonated truck bring the troops. attackers then opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the rest of self attacks of claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. battles have erupted between government troops and it's honest militants in mali's northern city of gal the area was retaken from rebels by french forces a fortnight ago and here the city was rocked by two suicide bombings although only the bombers
in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to dismiss a little this officer is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a...
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that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria you tell your kids exclusive interviews coming your way next hour but here's a quick look. but there were not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists where we were active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean they're not us this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of mentor influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening in the. and what looked like
that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria you tell your kids exclusive interviews coming your way next hour but here's a quick look. but there were not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists where we were active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a...
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our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to go. well drones aren't the only thing about the cia causing controversy at the moment next i will tell you also as of american forces lie detector tests to. often having to answer a very intimate question. and break a story all the views of the most vulnerable patients in a major hospital. ok from health professionals when they needed. the. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on our team reporting from the world talks of the yard p. interview intriguing story for you. the arabic to find out more visit our big dog t.v. dot com.
our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to go. well drones aren't the only...
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to protect u.s. interests and investments and these were in the government documents that weren't secret they were promoted so there's always been this u.s. policy of wanting to die i mean the world i mean first we had this confrontation with the soviet union as we. don't know that was necessary but now with russia it is certainly no excuse and yet we're still in the past you still in this situation thank you so much that was alice slater new york director of the nuclear age peace foundation. well what looked like a distant olympics dream for russians has now become a very close reality a countdown as kicked off across the country marking one year before russia hosts its first ever winter games at celebrations and praise for the unique facilities built from scratch while hand in hand with harsh criticism for over a spending not to mention missed deadlines r t as andrew farmar reports from starchy. fireworks lit up the sochi sky this week marking exactly a year to go before the winter games begin sinc
to protect u.s. interests and investments and these were in the government documents that weren't secret they were promoted so there's always been this u.s. policy of wanting to die i mean the world i mean first we had this confrontation with the soviet union as we. don't know that was necessary but now with russia it is certainly no excuse and yet we're still in the past you still in this situation thank you so much that was alice slater new york director of the nuclear age peace foundation....
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iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad said that talks with the u.s. on the country's nuclear program are still possible stressed washington would have to stop pointing a gun at tyrone it comes after an earlier statement from iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei who said the missions were non negotiable today marks the thirty fourth anniversary of the islamic revolution with celebrations planned across the country. now what looked like a distant olympic dream for russians has now become a very close reality a countdown has kicked off across the country marking one year before the show hosts its first ever winter games sort of gracious and praise for the unique facilities built from scratch went hand in hand with harsh criticism for overspending and missed deadlines what is under former reports from sochi. by works lit up the sochi sky this week marking exactly a year to go before the winter games begin since two thousand and seven piece by piece the city has been putting italy the dream. i gather from the company in charge of construction says russ
iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad said that talks with the u.s. on the country's nuclear program are still possible stressed washington would have to stop pointing a gun at tyrone it comes after an earlier statement from iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei who said the missions were non negotiable today marks the thirty fourth anniversary of the islamic revolution with celebrations planned across the country. now what looked like a distant olympic dream for russians has now become a...
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well the multi-billion dollar missile defense shield that the u.s. is deploying in eastern europe won't be able to protect america from possible strikes in iran serious flaws in the system were revealed in studies the defense department prepared for a congressional briefing iran has always been cited as a prime reason for the controversial program that russia had been critical of well as further we're joined live now from the us by alice slater in new york she's the director of the nuclear age peace foundation thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us now what exactly do you feel these studies tell us is it that the shield is failing to live to live up to its goals or. any of you what is the telling us. well we know all along this is being driven by corporate commercial interests the what what president eisenhower warned us was the military industrial complex and we've had scientists think. that star wars couldn't where you couldn't prevent an attack on the u.s. homeland because if somebody wanted to get through with it with their nuclea
well the multi-billion dollar missile defense shield that the u.s. is deploying in eastern europe won't be able to protect america from possible strikes in iran serious flaws in the system were revealed in studies the defense department prepared for a congressional briefing iran has always been cited as a prime reason for the controversial program that russia had been critical of well as further we're joined live now from the us by alice slater in new york she's the director of the nuclear age...
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they they would dismiss any accusation because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan
they they would dismiss any accusation because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors...
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u.s. state of nevada. drones come in various shapes, sizes and weights. they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates inter
u.s. state of nevada. drones come in various shapes, sizes and weights. they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent...
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looking at it in sheer political terms, this as global implications for the u.s. economy tanking as a result of this. >> you think the american people are getting fed up with this? this has been going on for years. >> and worse and worse, so that there is no planning. you have a five-year transportation bill, then a two-year transportation bill, then and nothing transportation bill. >> what does it take to make the government do the right thing? what sort of crisis? i would rather have an internal washington crisis to force them to do it than wait for a real crisis. if this were a forcing event, it would not be such a bad thing. >> but we keep having these forcing events and all that happens is that we keep waiting another three months. >> every state is going to be affected by this. >> the fall line and a conservative movement is clear here. -- fault line in the conservative movement is clear here. john boehner is warning that it would be 1 million jobs in defense cuts. at the same time, "the wall street journal" editorial pages oo-poohing the cuts. >> the cia, d
looking at it in sheer political terms, this as global implications for the u.s. economy tanking as a result of this. >> you think the american people are getting fed up with this? this has been going on for years. >> and worse and worse, so that there is no planning. you have a five-year transportation bill, then a two-year transportation bill, then and nothing transportation bill. >> what does it take to make the government do the right thing? what sort of crisis? i would...
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the u.s. postal service® no business too small. >> there has not been an occasion that i am aware of where we had the opportunity to capture a terrorist and we did not and we decided to take a strike. >> that is john brennan, minee to be direor of the cia. a lot of attention recently on ones and at the ability to take out bad guys and abroad including al-awlaki, who happened to be an american citizen. you have to go after the terrorists, and obama's reco some would say, is pretty impressive. >> if it is a continuation of the policy that george w. bush laid down after 9/11, to pursue them wherever they are and whatever the circumstances. i don't-- the nototion that drones have kikilled civilians -- it is not just dronethat do it. ifif youou fire artillery in an area she might hit civilians. if you talk about american citizensns being targeted abroad, isn't it true that during world war ii had some americans who volunteered with the ss? >> that is correct, yes. >> this is not groundbreaking. it
the u.s. postal service® no business too small. >> there has not been an occasion that i am aware of where we had the opportunity to capture a terrorist and we did not and we decided to take a strike. >> that is john brennan, minee to be direor of the cia. a lot of attention recently on ones and at the ability to take out bad guys and abroad including al-awlaki, who happened to be an american citizen. you have to go after the terrorists, and obama's reco some would say, is pretty...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a pride because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen the killing large armies abroad is our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a pride because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs...
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in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to the dismissal of all this officer who is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack an island police say a car bomb was detonated truck carrying the troops through attackers then opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the rest of self attacks have claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. battles have erupted between government troops and it's honest militants in mali's at northern city of gal the area was retaken from rebels by french back mali and forces a fortnight ago and here the city was rocked by two su
in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to the dismissal of all this officer who is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded...
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i'll keep my movement in the u.s. that after the break here on our team. secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists had weapons from libya so the us secretary has basically admitted that the actions of the usa and nato have caused a mass instability that has allowed the seeds of terrorism to grow when the justification for most of the actions in the muslim world is to stop evil dictators who harbor terrorists or spread chiding democracy if libya would have been left alone algerian terrorists wouldn't be getting any weapons from it now this is like an exterminator accidentally or maybe on purpose actually feeding the roaches in your basement so that ther
i'll keep my movement in the u.s. that after the break here on our team. secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt...
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they didn't affect the operations of the central back but the recent increase experts staying that the u.s. is one of the most vulnerable countries in the cyber attack. >> late january they were hack personal information on several hundred employees was compromised by the intruders and this week, it was reported that cyber crim nams - criminals are continuing to hack. they are reporting hacking attempts and the new york times and washington post and bloomberg . emaims -- e-mails were exposed in the bush family and pass codes that bush 43 security gate. stow much of the count reap's -- count country dependent. it affects the operations. on wednesday leon paneta sphoke on the thousands of cyber attacks every day. >> thousands of cyber attacks that are striking in the silicon vail and at government and defense department and intelligence agencies . cyber is now in a point where the technology is it there to cripple a count reap -- country. >> and joining us now. professor of defense anal stis post graduate school dr. john aquilla. great to have you with us . thank you for joining us today. >>
they didn't affect the operations of the central back but the recent increase experts staying that the u.s. is one of the most vulnerable countries in the cyber attack. >> late january they were hack personal information on several hundred employees was compromised by the intruders and this week, it was reported that cyber crim nams - criminals are continuing to hack. they are reporting hacking attempts and the new york times and washington post and bloomberg . emaims -- e-mails were...
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for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences very heavily come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to shoot down. well drones aren't the only thing about the cia causing controversy at the moment and next hour we'll tell you how thousands of americans are forced to take lie detector tests to keep their jobs often having to answer very intimate questions. a twenty five hour marathon off talks snu
for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences very heavily come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the...
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justice department suggest the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. lift you might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to of thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world bombing has redefined war there an intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perp
justice department suggest the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. lift you might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to of thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the...